The Bulldogs clinched a perfect regular season, outright district championship and the top Division I seed in District 19-4A last week, but their reward is a showdown against a 9-1 Vidor.

They meet at 7 p.m. on Friday at Deer Park's Abshier Stadium.

"(They're) 9-1, (with) a one-touchdown loss to the district champ, Nederland (20-13), and they're a team that's going to try to control the football and limit your possessions, so that's a tough matchup for us," Summer Creek coach Brian Ford said.

Of course, the state-ranked Broncos were supposed to present a formidable challenge, too. Instead, the Bulldogs rolled to a 45-7 win at Dayton.

Now the question is, did that win help them or hurt them going into the playoffs?

"There are probably two possibilities: Does it create momentum or is there a let-down after a big win that you've pretty much built up nine weeks for that game," Ford said.

"We've got to worry about and guard against at let-down."

The defense doesn't look like it's going to let anybody down the way it played down the stretch. But Vidor dropped 63 points on a Little Cypress-Mauriceville team that was playing for its playoff life in last week.

"They're going to present a challenge, but I feel good about our matchup," Ford said. "We're confident.

Summer Creek is the only Class 4A or 5A area team in the playoffs.

Humble ISD 5As Atascocita and Kingwood came up short, finishing fifth and sixth, respectively, in 13-5A, and Kingwood Park, Humble, New Caney and New Caney Porter missed out in 19-4A.

Only 3A Huffman Hargrave qualified besides Summer Creek, but Ford said that doesn't mean they're playing for the area's schools.

"We're representing Summer Creek," Ford said.

The Bulldogs are, however, playing for their first playoff win.They made the playoffs for the first time last season but lost 41-19 to Magnolia West in the first round.

"We are planning for a deep run," Ford said. "That was our goal this year.

"We're really not putting any feeling on what we can do this year - we try to play one game at a time - but as a season goal, we wanted to play for a state championship if possible."